Year in Review 2015: The Sesquicentennial

2015 saw the closing act of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. For four years, Civil War buffs, students, and aficionados tromped battlefields, attended ceremonies, and commemorated sacrifices, and the closing months of the war provided some of the most memorable opportunities yet.

We also discussed the Civil War Sesquicentennial at the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, later broadcast on C-SPAN. And for the Question of the Week for July 6, Meg Groeling posited the following: “Who Won the Sesquicentennial?”

Apr. 17 and 26: Eric Wittenberg offered two-part coverage of “Events Larger Than One Person: The Surrenders at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina” (part one and part two). On Apr. 28, he contrasted the surrenders at Appomattox and Bennett Place.